The spontaneous combustion of a vehicle parked in a private place intended for this purpose, such as the garage of a house, falls under the notion of "use of vehicles", irrespective of the time interval between the accident and the last use of the vehicle, Advocate General Yves Bot stated in his Opinion delivered on Thursday 28 February (Case C-100/18).
In August 2013, a vehicle parked in the garage of a house in Spain, which had not been driven for more than 24 hours, caught fire due...